Month: December 2017

Auld Lang Syne. Every year, the streets ring with the same lilting song. Sweet, nostalgic, hopeful; “Auld Lang Syne” has become an absolute tradition in New Year’s Eve celebrations. And so, we sing. Or, at least, we sing the first couple of lines and politely mumble the rest into our champagne

Looking Forward To The New Jerusalem. Matthew 6: 19 -21; Revelations 21: 1 – 22: 5. As we look towards the New Year, what ought to be our focus? An evaluation of the concluding chapters of the Revelation of John would perhaps be a start, as it sums up the

6 Volcanoes Scientists Are Watching Out For In 2018. The eruption of Mount Agung on the island of Bali has sparked worldwide media interest, yet volcanic eruptions in Indonesia are nothing new. Of the country’s 139 active volcanoes, 18 currently have raised alert levels, signifying higher than normal seismic activity, ground deformation

To Make Yourself Effortlessly Charming. Most of us have come across them at some point – the kind of people who can walk into a room full of strangers but then leave with ten new friends, a lunch date for the next day, and the promise of an introduction to

Why Are Some People Always Running Late? Confession: I am a late person. At least, one in recovery. In fact, I’ve repeatedly, and embarrassingly, missed the deadline for this article. I’d love to pretend this is some journalistic form of ‘method’ acting. It is not. I know I’m not alone.

Suggestions To Tune Up Your Android Phone. This article from Android Central sets out ten quick things you can do to make your Android phone run faster. It seemed inevitable that after some months, a phone would slow down, sometimes imperceptibly, as we accumulate apps and pile on photographs and

What Would An Earthquake-Proof City Look Like? Japan sits in one of the most seismically active regions on the planet. Each year, the country experiences more than 100,000 earthquakes, according to the Seismology Society of Japan. After the catastrophic 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake — or Kobe earthquake is it more commonly known — the country

Apple Apologises For Slowing Down Older iPhones. Apple has apologised to customers for deliberately slowing the performance of older iPhone models without users’ consent. The US tech company also announced a $50 (£37) reduction in the cost of iPhone battery replacements, down from $79 to $29, and an iOS (operating system) software

China’s Sponge Cities To Combat Flooding. A small part of Shanghai is turning greener, street by street. In the Lingang district, pavements are lined with trees, gardens and public squares full of plant beds. Between cranes and construction sites, plans display new buildings enveloped in the green and blue of

Global Packaging Binge Funded By $180 Billion Investment. The global plastic binge which is already causing widespread damage to oceans, habitats and food chains, is set to increase dramatically over the next ten years after multibillion-dollar investments in a new generation of plastics plants in the US. Fossil fuel companies

Canis Minor Constellation. Canis Minor is a small constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included as an asterism, or pattern, of two stars in Ptolemy’s 48 constellations, and it is counted among the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for “lesser dog,” in contrast to Canis Major, the “greater dog;” both figures

Why East Asians Get Flushed After Imbibing Alcohol? If your face goes red when drinking alcohol, you’re not alone. More than one in three people with East Asian heritage (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) experience facial flushing when drinking beer, wine or spirits. In Asian populations, it is due to an inherited deficiency

What Is Evidence-Based Medicine? In medicine, the term “evidence-based” causes more arguments than you might expect. And that’s quite apart from the recent political controversy over why certain words were avoided in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention budget documents. The arguments don’t divide along predictable partisan lines, either. The mission of “evidence-based medicine” is surprisingly recent.

Staring At Human Depravity To Keep It Off Facebook. By her second day on the job, Sarah Katz knew how jarring it could be to work as a content moderator for Facebook Inc. She says she saw anti-Semitic speech, bestiality photos and video of what seemed to be a girl and boy

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790).

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THE FLAG OF SOUTH SUDAN: It was adopted in 2005, although the country became independent only in 2011. The flag bears striking similarities with both the flags of Sudan and Kenya. The horizontal black, white, red, and green bands of the flag share the same design as the Kenyan flag, and the Pan-African symbolism. Black represents the people of South Sudan; red, the blood that was shed for the independence of the country; green, the country’s agricultural, natural wealth,and land, as well as progress; white, South Sudan’s peace attained after many years of the liberation struggle; blue, the waters of the Nile River, a source of life for the country; and the yellow star, the unity of the states, hope, and determination for all people.

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NASA has awarded a $13.7 million contract to Advanced Space of Boulder, Colorado, to develop and operate a CubeSat mission to the same lunar orbit targeted for Gateway – an orbiting outpost astronauts will visit before descending to the surface of the Moon in a landing system as part of NASA’s Artemis program.

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CHRISTIAN LOVE: This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience – it looks for a way of being constructive. It is not possessive; it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance. Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage. It is not touchy. It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all good men when truth prevails. Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen. 1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 8.

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GOODREADS CURRENTLY READING: By Louis J. Cozolino. Publisher Norton, 2006. ISBN 0393704548. 447 pages. Louis Cozolino shows us how brains are highly social organisms. Balancing cogent explanation with instructive brain diagrams, he presents an atlas of sorts, illustrating how the architecture and development of brain systems from before birth through adulthood determine how we interact with others.

PROFILE: Creation is enthralling and mysterious, and the wisdom of God remains perennially unfathomable. To know Him is to barely understand His heart but to know myself. And despite the many regrettable mistakes that have been made, the sufficiency of His grace, faithfulness, and lovingkindness is deeply appreciated. My enriching journey with Him took me through the halls of national service (the army), auditing, cross-cultural missionary service, church work, mentoring, psychology, and caregiving. Although now in retirement, I am still very much a learner at heart and an avid reader, and despite the smudges in life, I love it. Eternity then becomes a lifelong expectation. Zheluo Cai